Images and Photos of the Monsoon

Monsoon season is cloudy, breezy with a bit of rain now and then and you can either hate or love it depending on how you enjoy rains. From honeymoon spots in Kerala to the Kashmir , from Gujarat to Assam , the monsoon rains are an eagerly awaited event in many parts of India. Here are some stormy, greeny and wonderful photos of this extraordinary weather phenomenon .

Monsoon Rains bring in the intoxicating smell of the dry Earth getting drenched, the splashing waters and children playing with the tiny paper boats sailing on the clogged water make monsoons the favorite season for tourists in Kerala who want to enjoy the verdant nature and intense rains and children to play paper boats in the rain.

Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions. The summer monsoon and the winter monsoon determine the climate for most of India and Southeast Asia and the Monsoon that hist Kerala in June for which the entire India waits for is the summer monsoon.The summer monsoon has been called Indias true finance minister and when the monsoon is late, the regions economy suffers. Fewer people can grow their own food, and large agribusinesses do not have produce to sell.

One of the happy side-effects of heavy monsoonal clouds – stunning sunsets! For the last 300 years, scientists have understood monsoons as the movement of air currents between warm landmasses and the cooler ocean. However, recently scientists have begun to explore other theories, including the possibility that monsoons are caused not by different temperatures but by the interaction of tropical air circulation and turbulent air currents in middle latitudes. Research into the exact conditions that bring about monsoons continue.

Kerala’s countryside transforms itself with the monsoon rains. The Indian subcontinent has the most intense of all the monsoons, with 80% of its rainfall arriving between the months of June and September. A delayed or diminished rainy season has huge repercussions for agriculture and the economy. The same is also true of too much rain, which can cause floods and kill crops. Still, the splashing of the first raindrops is greeted with celebration in India, both in rural areas and in the cities, which look to the monsoon for relief from the baking summer heat.

Sleeping at nights suddenly becomes a pleasant & Comfortable experience in Monsoon. While it is the time to enjoy the cool downpour it is also the time to welcome a host of diseases.Traditionally, according to ayurvedic physicians, rejuvenation therapies have their best effect during the wet monsoon months, when the winds and the cold temperature render the body especially amenable to the therapeutic and restorative powers of the herbs and concoctions used in ayurveda.

As we have seen, the monsoon is a crucial weather pattern that affects life on our planet in ways both big and small. None of the earth’s flora and fauna could live without the important drinking water that comes to us from the heavens for free. Think of that next time you grudgingly have to get out your umbrella!

If you want to enjoy monsoons in India then you should visit Kerala as monsoons in Kerala are the most enchanting in India. With green pastures at its best, it is the most sought after destination during rainy season.